@_j_thompson @florian_krammer How much would you factor in though? It's an irreducible problem. You often don't know precisely what an experiment will require before it's in process so the indirects are the least bad way to provide that funding.

@BillyBostickson @tgof137 @orville_c_l You do know that there's never been a recorded case of a respiratory infection spread via blood transfusion? I mean, of course not, but you should probably know that before you invent some other asinine conspiracy theory

@tgof137 @BillyBostickson Right. If you think it was a Chinese government project started in September 2019 then Ecohealth is off the hook, Fauci is off the hook, WIV and Shi are off the hook... of course it's way more convenient for the conspiracy set if they play Schrödinger's lab leak and never commit

@chamath The DOGE douchebag didn't make those posts as a kid.. he was tweeting about hating Indians 2 months ago and about not marrying outside his race last summer... he's an adult! Every single Indian impacted by cuts he's involved with will be able to sue, and have a damn good case.

@BillyBostickson @tgof137 So you think it was a natural virus that was collected via a bat sample and had nothing to do with the WIV?

@ArmandDoma Probably fine that this research is destined to be destroyed as well.

@hollywoodstarpr @jonfavs @JDVance Lol, the mistake of "being super racist and supporting eugenics 6 months ago" like we all make

@C_Kavanagh It's all over IG reels.. especially after RFK 'endorsed' it

@nope_its_lily No

@SMT_Solvers @ChrisMurphyCT @Kash_Patel @US_OSC Lol. Letting the Treasury dole out his already-received bribe doesn't seem like it solves any actual problems.

@watershedchron @SkeptSlav @IslandHackerGuy My MAGA neighbor literally told me he had his dog's vet get him some ivermectin during the height of the pandemic because his normal doctor wouldn't prescribe it. We're cooked.

@JHWeissmann Oh god.. Boomers on FB reels or whatever they call that shitty product watching slop videos with *That* voiceover voice make me want to walk into the ocean.

@RealJoeMoss Dude I know - the absolute midwits who ran my county government spent like $2 million hiring and firing all these unqualified dipshits that turned around and sued each other. Super embarrassing use of taxpayer dollars.

@CeciliaGlennon @ZacksJerryRig @DataRepublican Nope! Sorry to disappoint. Work for a big corporation that doesn't even have a UEI - - though I work in data so it's fun to see all these morons tripping over their own shoelaces trying to generate conspiracy theories based on a wrapper of ProPublica's 990 data.

@CeciliaGlennon @ZacksJerryRig @DataRepublican Yeah I've seen it.. and the hyperventilating of a bunch of illiterates who've never heard of a DAF

@CeciliaGlennon @ZacksJerryRig Like specifically - show a single post that shows they found fraud or money laundering..

@SkeptSlav @IslandHackerGuy Someone said that they did it for the same reason and linked a study -- it was literally studied as a UV barrier... as in, when you coat your skin with it, it stops UV damage to the underlying cells. Do these dipshits think drinking sunscreen will prevent a sunburn too?

@ferrants @WillKingston Did he tell any of the literal children he was going to be dating them in 10 years? Not this time?

@sabback @wikileaks Yes - there is a vast ecosystem of right wing billionaires spoon feeding 'news' to a bunch of credulous morons who gobble it up and share it on Facebook while pretending like they know the truth. Good point.